From acclaimed historian Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, an incomparable introduction to this momentous period in the history of Europe The Holy Roman Empire emerged in the Middle Ages as a loosely integrated union of German states and city-states under the supreme rule of an emperor, and would endure until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger provides a concise history of the empire, presenting an interpretation of its unique political culture and remarkably durable institutions. In a narrative spanning three turbulent centuries, Stollberg-Rilinger shows how it was a political body unlike any other, bound together by personal loyalty and reciprocity, tradition and shared purpose, and constantly reenacted by solemn rituals.
- | Author: Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
- | Publisher: Princeton University Press
- | Publication Date: May 11, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 184 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0691217319
- | ISBN-13: 9780691217314
